tongue and groove first or carpet first?

[rebel102285]

I will be finishing my wheelhouse soon! And I'm not sure if I should do the t&g first or the carpet first.

[rebel102285]

Looks like I hit enter too soon... I will be using cedar t&g with pine trim, I was thinking do the cedar t&g first, stain it, then install carpet followed by the pine trim to clean up the edges.... thoughts?

[PurpleFloyd]

Yes. wood floor then carpet

[Iambjm]

Definitely carpet last, or you will be cleaning it constantly. Trust me no matter how hard you try you will make a big mess while you are finishing your wheelhouse. And don't make the mistake I did, don't pick a dark solid color carpet, it always looks dirty. A tweed color is much better, I am going to rip mine out and go with something else.

[rebel102285]

Thats what Im thinking is using a tweed color... I also am thinking of having rugs made that snap in like boat carpet... Wen im in the house i only wear crocs or Socks

I think I will do the Tongue and Groove Cedar, Stain it, then put the carpet in, followed by pine trim around the permiter of the floor.

I wound up getting my cedar from the same guy thats building the house for me (carsella shacks) I ordered 1000 sq ft (2000 board feet) as i figured i will need a minimum of 820 sq ft.

As for cabinetry I am going to go with cedar cabinets with pine doors-- i have seen a few pictures of the cabinetry done like this and it looks great.

I ordered my Furnace, Got a 30k btu suburban forced air unit with thermostat and few other accessories for $399 delivered to the door pretty excited about that!

I have also decided that I will not go with an oven, but rather a stovetop. the ovens just dont work well enough for me, i tried using the one in my ice castle several times with constant dissapointment. I keep a pizzaz pizza maker, and a crock pot in the house anyway combined with the stove top i have everything i need without the bulk of the oven. I may also go with an electric fireplace heater as well (it will look great below the bigscreen )

[Iambjm]

I skipped the oven too, I have a pizza pizzaz too, and I love it. The fireplace sounds cool, I wish I had done cedar, but it was a matter of cost.

[rebel102285]

The Cedar will run me $1390 for the whole house... Not too bad considering its a 30ft long house. As soon as i get it i can finally start all of the hard work! I am thinking of running 100% LED lights in this house---- any thoughts? I would really like to stick with all 12 volt for the lighting... I am going to run 100 blue 5mm LED's and 100 white 5 mm LED's --- Switched seperately so that if I want the blue look I can , or if i want it white I can do that. I will do LED hole lights as well 000 I am thinking of naming the house the: "Fig Bucker"

[Iambjm]

I kind of wish I had done LED, I've heard they use less juice. I only put 2 electrical outlets in mine, I wish I had done more. I call mine the "Yellow Submarine"

[traveler]

one thing ...don't build on top of the carpet. The carpet will need changing far sooner and more often than anything else, and if your walls/trim are on top of it it's a major pain to get it out to replace it. If you don't feel you can trim the carpet nicely to baseboard, than do the walls, then the carpet, and use the trim to hide the raw edge of the carpet, but don't use a lot of nails in the trim because it will need to come off every time you have to change the carpet.

The other thing you can do is to hold the trim up above the carpet so the carpet will slide out from underneath when it's time to change it, but with the typically thin carpet you'll use in a fishhouse thats a pretty precise job, but doable. Just depends how pickly u are.